I am very pleased to finally share our most recent publication in Biology Letters: “Gene expression comparisons between captive and wild shrew brains reveal…

Compared with their free-ranging counterparts, wild animals in captivity experience different conditions with lasting physiological and behavioural effects. Although shifts in gene expression are expe...

Vögel wandern oft tausende Kilometer, das ist schon lange bekannt. Aber das auch Fledermäuse lange Strecken zurücklegen können, ist kaum erforscht. Eine neue Studie konnte zeigen, dass sie Wind und zu...

Tiny transmitters reveal at least one bat species is surprisingly flexible in its migration timing and pathfinding

All foraging animals face a trade-off: how much time should they invest in exploitation of known resources versus exploration to discover new resources? For group-living central place foragers, this balance is challenging. Due to the nature of their ...

Copulatory behaviours stand as cornerstones of sexual selection, yet they remain mysterious in many species. Because of their nocturnal and elusive li…

Scientific Reports - The meta-gut: community coalescence of animal gut and environmental microbiomes

Tungara frogs have to sing just right, or risk ending up a bat’s dinner.But what if they didn’t have to worry about bats, or any predator for that matter. Wh...

This form was created to facilitate the sharing of invitation codes for Blue Sky which do not seem to be reaching "Global South" scholars who may not have the same network privileges as scholars in th...

Die Luft vibriert, wenn Millionen von Flughunden nachts nach Nahrung suchen. Ein einzigartiges Schauspiel im Kasanka Nationalpark in Sambia.